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  • A Snow day in Paris Snowman at the Louvre Carrousel
    Photography-Art,  Specific Info

    A Day in Paris When It Snowed

    January 19, 2021 /

    One day last week the blackbirds (merles in French) were chirping away in a choral cacophony of song at at 5:30 am. I wondered if springtime was around the corner -- in mid-January! That springtime moment was short-lived. Thirty-two departments, including Paris and Ile-de-France, were placed under snow warnings. Saturday was going to be a snow day in Paris. Météo-France and our Echo-dot, Alexa, confirmed that the snow would begin by 11 am Saturday.

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    Chess players near l'Orangerie greenhouse at Luxembourg Gardens

    Le Jardin du Luxembourg: Live or Virtual Visit

    November 5, 2020
    David Downie's latest book comes out September 26, 2017

    David Downie’s Parisian Love Affair with Food

    September 25, 2017
    The Flammarion publishers have a lending library reading area during Paris-Plages 2010

    Les Vacances – The “Aoûtiens” Have Left Paris

    August 1, 2010
  • Galeries Lafayette Christmas decorations customers on the plank
    Christmas,  Going Out

    Noël Voyage in Paris

    December 17, 2020 /

    Paris Sparkles during the Holidays. Take a Paris Voyage with Colleen's Paris on small street of the Bastille, the department store decorations and rooftops, watch the lights come up on the Champs-Elysées and see Avenue Montaigne lit up, a carrousel in the Tuileries Garden and be mystified at the blue velvet column of the Bastille. 

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    SOS Representative from South America to remind us of the delicate nature in balance

    Lost And Found In Paris-One person’s story

    August 9, 2011
    Colleen from Colleen's Paris

    About Colleen’s Paris And How It All Started

    February 24, 2010
    Paris Needlework Fair Poster Aiguille-en-Fete - English 2012

    Needlework Fair in Paris

    January 26, 2012
  • Let's Explore,  Specialty shops

    Artisanal Shop Brings New Flavours to the Bastille

    July 21, 2020 /

    On my way to the oriental pastry shop Diamande along the Rue Sedaine in the Bastille, I noticed a new just-opened épicerie. I was tempted to stop for a glass of wine on its terrace (i.e., the sidewalk). When I walked into the shop, the man behind the counter looked familiar even behind his mask: the eyes, the Tintin-spiked haircut. “You resemble someone”, I said. “Who”? he asked. I proceeded to say the television personality who visits French producers and chefs riding up on his red and white checkered tricycle. Bingo! Voilà! Loïc Ballet and his childhood friend, Elodie Charras have opened an artisanal shop selling products (condiments, wine, cheese, charcuterie, oils,…

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    Pushing the Baguette along rue de la Roquette, Bastille, Paris, France

    Paris Has Chosen The Best Baguette 2012

    May 9, 2012
    image of rose in the Musée Rodin garden and Rodin's Thinker

    Lift the Mask and Smell the Rodin Roses

    July 26, 2020
    "car rapide" Bonne Mère located now in the Musée de l'Homme

    Le Car Rapide at Musée de l’Homme

    November 24, 2015
  • image of the Boucherie Bruno Marché Bastille
    Billet d'Humeur/At a Glance,  Life in Paris & France

    Paris Markets Wrapped in Plastic

    May 15, 2020 /

    Life at the Parisian market has taken on a new form. The market is wrapped in plastic wrap. I could only look on. The scene was very surrealistic. On May 13 the markets reopened with new sanitary guidelines. The last time I visited the Bastille Market at Boulevard Richard Lenoir was March 22. Plastic crates separated the shoppers to provide distance. On March 23, the Mayor's office closed all outdoor and indoor markets. The ban did not include the grocery stores. Who needs a straw shopping basket ("panier") to carry around anymore? Market shopping is now available online for home delivery. The delivery order goes through Mayor's Office website, takes…

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    Chinese New Year 2011 Lion Dance at shops along rue Sedaine in the Bastille, Paris

    Chinese New Year along rue Sedaine in Paris

    February 8, 2011

    Notre-Dame de Paris: Oaks and Stone – the Latest News

    February 17, 2021
    Logo for the Paris Jazz Festival

    Jazz Festivals Around Paris

    July 1, 2015
  • painting of à la Petite Fabrique
    Chocolate, Sweets & Bakeries,  Life in Paris & France

    Saying Goodbye to Icons in the Bastille Neighborhood

    January 12, 2018 /

    Living in a small neighborhood of the Bastille, the hardest phrases to hear over the last year have been: "We're closing and retiring" and "They have sold the shop for their retirement": Holmes, the stationery store, and now à la Petite Fabrique, the chocolate factory. Holmes was transformed into an upscale Italian restaurant and word is that Alain Ducasse is buying the Petite Fabrique.... The neighborhood in the area of Hugo's Les Miserables and the French Revolution has gone upscale.

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    General July Activities In Paris

    June 28, 2010
    Arts & Metiers metro station for transportation post

    Transportation Tips In and Around Paris

    December 1, 2017

    Foire de Paris-shopping for home fashion

    May 5, 2018
  • Please do not touch the lettuce written on a blackboard
    Food, Drink & Health,  Shopping,  Specialty shops

    Paris Food Markets

    November 10, 2011 /

    Food Markets in Paris Visit the Paris Mayor’s market page for opening times or click on the market basket on the home page. The day and hours information is kept current. Key words to understand from the Paris Mayor’s market page: réouverture = reopens 06eme = 6th arrondissement (75006) 05eme = 5th arrondissement (75005) 1er = 1st arrondissement (75001) Marché aux fleurs et aux oiseaux Cité = Flower and bird market Ile de la Cité demain = tomorrow The market links are in real time. Aujourd’hui (today), Demain (tomorrow) and the next day of the week … If you see Fermé in red, this means there is no market.  Click…

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    Poster for La Chaise et l'Ecran, du cinéma dans nos rues

    Paris Cinema Festival from Lost in Frenchlation

    August 10, 2016
    Scene de Carnaval, place de la Concorde, Lami

    Romantic Paris (1815-1848) The Lull Between Upheavals

    June 2, 2019
    Poster (affiche) for exhibition l'Histoire en Costumes de la Belle Époque aux années folles 1890-1930 at Château Champs-sur-Marne

    Expo: l’Histoire en Costumes 1890-1930

    April 23, 2017
  • Paris snow December 9, 2010, Genie of liberty, Bastille
    Let's Explore,  Seeing Paris

    December Snow Storm In Paris

    December 12, 2010 /

    Paris was paralyzed on December 9, 2010. Small trucks at Place Pigalle were spinning their tires. Men had to get out and push them through the stop lights. The roads were full of ice. The buses could not move because the cars could not move. The city was falling apart! The finger pointing started almost immediately. The debates were in full swing on radio and television whether or not Metéo France had given sufficient warnings (they had)! Television weather people were interviewed about their presentations. Aeroports de Paris (ADP) had to refute the claim of unpreparedness. Ile-de-France was being attacked by giant snow flakes! The snow arrived during late morning…

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    Hopper - Impressionism & Fashion, two Paris exhibits

    Impressionist Influences on Hopper and on Fashion

    December 7, 2012
    Chair with stack of books about Paris and Champagne, Hemingway, Angels

    Prepare Your Visit to Paris, France

    April 3, 2018
    Maternal Tenderness (1786) Salon 1787 one of three paintings shown at the salon exulting the joys of motherhood, reflecting the new spirit of the time, fashionable to express sentimentalism.

    Vigée Le Brun Retrospective at Grand Palais

    November 3, 2015
  • Mozart Place des Vosges Fete de la Musique
    Archive,  Events and Trade Shows,  Going Out

    Fête de la Musique: Bastille and Marais

    June 22, 2010 /

    The first day of summer in Paris changed in 1982. The Fête de la Musique was born. After 29 years, the event does not show a wrinkle; it gets better with time. June 21 is a Monday in 2010. The streets are not as packed as when the date falls on a weekend. Rue Saint-Sabin, however, is jamming with a DJ and we are forced to reach Boulevard Richard-Lenoir via rue Sedaine. Any of our detours are not a problem because music is on practically every street in the neighborhood. When you visit Paris on June 21, you can try to get into the events at Palais-Royal, Musée d’Orsay or…

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    The Paris “Honeymoon” to Daily Routine Transition

    January 2, 2014
    Fernand PINAL (1881-1958) Le Pont du Marché à Meaux, 1913, Musée Bossuet, Meaux

    Meaux, A brie(f) half hour from Paris

    October 29, 2018
    French speaking talking bears in a Paris toy store

    Study French in Paris

    February 1, 2015
  • Henri IV statue on Pont Neuf in Paris
    Life in Paris & France,  Videos

    A Paris Friday Night in May

    May 17, 2010 /

    On the streets of Paris, you can have a plan but always be ready for the unplanned. On this Friday night, a statue lighting event led to crossing paths with feet moving faster than mine and the search for perfection with small, tedious retakes on a movie set. I wanted to go out Friday to see a lighting ceremony and fire works on the Pont Neuf bridge in Paris. It was a lighting ceremony of Henri IV’s statue. The king was a major source of new building and architectural style in the 1500s (think Place des Vosges where he built a his and hers palace).

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    Anthony and his father Antonio, Credit : Mairie de Paris

    2014 Best Paris Baguette

    March 24, 2014
    Pushing the Baguette along rue de la Roquette, Bastille, Paris, France

    Paris Has Chosen The Best Baguette 2012

    May 9, 2012
    Taking a break during the photo session Port des Champs Elysées

    Paris Photo Walk at Pont Alexandre III

    September 10, 2015
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